THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 574 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS COOK DUPAGE KANE IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA JASPER LAKE IN PORTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AURORA, CAROL STREAM, CHESTERTON, CHICAGO, DEMOTTE, DOWNERS GROVE, ELGIN, EVANSTON, GARY, HAMMOND, LEMONT, LOMBARD, MERRILLVILLE, NAPERVILLE, OAK LAWN, ORLAND PARK, PARK FOREST, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER, SCHAUMBURG, VALPARAISO, AND WHEATON.
* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK, IL ... DUPAGE, IL ... KANE, IL ... JASPER, IN ... LAKE, IN ... PORTER, IN
